Speed Management Countermeasure Selection and Process Guidance

Higher speed increases the risk of a fatal or serious crash and reduces the likelihood of survival. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) seeks to enhance its design and process guidance to help municipalities achieve speed management objectives. This project aims to develop methods and guidance in three areas: 1. Develop a method to systemically identify current and future areas of speed concern; 2. Create guidance for the selection of speed management countermeasures given particular roadway and context conditions; 3. Create guidance about how to execute a municipal speed management program and implement speed management countermeasures.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.mass.gov/doc/speed-management-countermeasure-selection-and-process-guidance/download

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $161,286.00
• Contract Numbers:

  129014

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Massachusetts Department of Transportation

  10 Park Plaza
  Boston, MA  United States  02116
• Performing Organizations:

  Kittelson and Associates, Incorporated

  610 S.W. Alder Street
  Portland, OR  United States  97205
• Principal Investigators:

  Kent, Margaret

• Start Date: 20260313
• Expected Completion Date: 20270930
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Speed control; Traffic safety; Traffic speed
• Geographic Terms: Massachusetts
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01992932
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 129014
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 18 2026 9:44AM